THE
AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION FOR
THORACIC SURGERY
1999-2000
President Delos M. Cosgrove, Cleveland, OH
Vice-President James L. Cox, Washington, D.C.
Secretary Tirone E. David, Toronto, ON, Canada
Treasurer Richard A. Jonas, Boston, MA
Editor Andrew S. Wechsler, Philadelphia, PA
Councilors Fred A. Crawford, Jr. (2000),
Charleston, SC
Lawrence
H. Conn (2000), Boston, MA
Timothy
J. Gardner (2003), Philadelphia, PA
G.
Alexander Patterson (2002), St. Louis, MO
Edward
D. Verrier (2001), Seattle, WA
Historian John A. Waldhausen, Hershey, PA
Membership Committee Douglas J. Mathisen, Chair, Boston, M
Joseph
S. Coselli, Houston, TX
Lynda
L. Mickleborough, Toronto, ON, Canada
Steven
J. Mentzer, Boston, MA
Sara
J. Shumway, Minneapolis, MN
Craig
R. Smith, New York, NY
Vaughn
A. Starnes, Los Angeles, CA
Association Representative Fred A. Crawford, Jr. (2000),
Charleston, SC .
The American Board of Douglas J. Mathisen (2001), Boston, MA
Thoracic Surgery Lawrence H. Conn (2004), Boston, MA
Delos M. Cosgrove (2005), Cleveland, OH
Board of Governors Fred A. Crawford, Jr., (2000),
Charleston, SC
American College of Alex G. Little (2002), Las Vegas, NV
Surgeons
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR
THORACIC SURGERY
2000 ANNUAL MEETING
COMMITTEES
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
Bernard S. Goldman, Chair
Stephen Fremes
Martin T. McKneally
Lynda L.
Mickleborough
F. Griffith Pearson
Hugh E. Scully
Thomas R.J. Todd
Richard O. Weisel
William G. Williams
Wilfred G. Bigelow,
Honorary Member
SPOUSE HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE
Fran Goldman, Chair
Jackie David
Jill Fremes
Vanessa
Harwood-Scully
Deborah McKneally
THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION FOR
THORACIC
SURGERY
2000
ANNUAL MEETING
PROGRAM
COMMITTEE
Delos M. Cosgrove, Chair (2000) Cleveland, Ohio
James L. Cox
(2000) Washington, D.C.
Tirone E. David
(2000) Toronto, ON, Canada
Verdi J. Disesa
(2001) Chicago, Illinois
John J. Lamberti
(2001) San Diego, California
Bruce W. Lytle
(2000) Cleveland, Ohio
John E. Mayer
(2000) Boston, Massachusetts
Roger B.B. Mee
(2002) Cleveland, Ohio
D. Craig Miller
(2002) Stanford, California
G. Alexander Patterson (2001) St. Louis, Missouri
Thomas W. Rice (2002) Cleveland, Ohio
Eric A. Rose
(2000) New York, New York
David J. Sugarbaker (2001) Boston, Massachusetts
Andrew S.
Wechsler (2000)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
EVARTS A. GRAHAM MEMORIAL TRAVELING
FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE
James K. Kirklin
(2000) Birmingham, Alabama
Delos M. Cosgrove (2000) Cleveland, Ohio
Tirone E. David
(2000) Toronto, ON, Canada
John A. Elefteriades (2003) New Haven, Connecticut
Richard A. Jonas
(2000) Boston, Massachsuetts
Valerie W. Rusch
(2001) New York, New York
Edward D. Verrier
(2002) Seattle, Washington
GRAHAM
EDUCATION & RESEARCH
FOUNDATION
Tirone E. David, Chair (2000) Toronto, ON, Canada
Richard A. Jonas
(2000) Boston, Massachusetts
James K. Kirklin
(2000) Birmingham, Alabama
William T. Maloney (2000) Manchester, Massachusetts
YOUNG MEMBERS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
Robbin G. Cohen, Chair (2003) Los Angeles, California
Sary F. Aranki
(2002) Boston, Massachusetts
Pedro J. Del Nido
(2001) Boston, Massachusetts
John A. Elefteriades (2000) New Haven, Connecticut
John P. Gott
(2001) Atlanta, Georgia
Thomas J. Kirby
(2000) Cleveland, Ohio
James A. Magovern (2001) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
R. Scott Mitchell
(2002) Stanford, California
Mehmet C. Oz
(2001) New York, New York
David F. Torchiana (2001) Boston, Massachusetts
Douglas E. Wood (2002) Seattle, Washington
AATS
/ STS NEW TECHNOLOGY
ASSESSMENT
COMMITTEE
Bruce W. Lytle,
Chair Cleveland, Ohio
W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr. Greenville, North Carolina
James
G. Dralle Harvey, Illinois
Robert W.
Emery Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rick A.
Esposito New York, New York
James D.
Fonger Baltimore, Maryland
Richard F.
Heitmiller Reisterstown, Maryland
Larry
R. Kaiser Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Rodney J. Landreneau Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Antoon E. M. R.
Lerut Leuven, Belgium
Bruce
W. Lytle Cleveland, Ohio
Michael
J. Mack Dallas, Texas
Lawrence R.
McBride St. Louis, Missouri
Bruce
A. Reitz Stanford, California
Hartzel
V. Schaff Rochester, Minnesota
Hani
Shennib Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Valavanur A. Subramanian New York, New York
Jan L.
Svennevig Oslo, Norway
Julie
A. Swain Lexington, Kentucky
Daniel
J. Ullyot Burlingame, California
ETHICS
COMMITTEE
Martin F. McKneally, Chair (2000) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mortimer J. Buckley (2000) Boston, Massachusetts
John J. Collins, Jr.
(2000) Boston, Massachusetts
Marvin Pomerantz (2000) Denver, Colorado
John A. Waldhausen (2000) Hershey, Pennsylvania
CARDIOTHORACIC
RESIDENTS COMMITTEE
Fred A. Crawford, Jr., Chair (2000) Charleston, South Carolina
Timothy J. Gardner (2000) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John W. Mammon, Jr. (2000) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Steven J. Mentzer
(2000) Boston, Massachusetts
Keith S. Naunheim (2000) St. Louis, Missouri
Harvey I. Pass,
(2000) Detroit, Michigan
Victor E Trastek,
(2000) Rochester, Minnesota
EDITORIAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Tirone E. David,
Chair Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Randall B.
Griepp New York, New York
G. Alexander
Patterson St. Louis, Missouri
D. Glenn
Pennington Winston-Salem, North
Carolina
Thomas L.
Spray Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GRADUATE EDUCATION IN THORACIC
SURGERY COMMITTEE
Randall B. Griepp, Chair (2000) New York, New York
O. Wayne Isom
(2000) New York, New York
Michael J. Reardon (2000) Houston, Texas
Hartzell V. Schaff
(2000) Rochester, Minnesota
David F. Torchiana (2000) Boston, Massachusetts
Douglas E. Wood (2000) Seattle, Washington
NOMINATING
COMMITTEE
Robert B. Wallace, Chair (2000) McLean, Virginia
Mortimer J. Buckley (2001) Boston, Massachusetts
Lawrence H. Cohn (2004) Boston, Massachusetts
Floyd D. Loop
(2003) Cleveland, Ohio
David B. Skinner
(2002) New York, New York
PUBLICATIONS
COMMITTEE
Tirone
E. David Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Richard A.
Jonas Boston, Massachusetts
William T.
Maloney Manchester, Massachusetts
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR
THORACIC SURGERY
REPRESENTATIVES
1999-2000
AMERICAN
COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
William A. Baumgartner Baltimore, Maryland (2000)
Douglas J. Mathisen Boston, Massachusetts (2000)
AMERICAN
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
HOUSE
OF DELEGATES
Robert L. Replogle Chicago, Illinois (2000)
AMERICAN
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
CPT-4
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
James M. Levett Cedar Rapids, Iowa (2000)
ASSOCIATION
OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES
COUNCIL
OF ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
Stanton P. Nolan Charlottesville, Virginia (2000)
ASSOCIATION
OF PHYSICIANS' ASSISTANTS
IN
CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
Bruce W. Lytle Cleveland, Ohio (2000)
COMMITTEE
FOR COORDINATING CONTINUING
EDUCATION
IN THORACIC SURGERY
David B. Campbell Hershey, Pennsylvania (2002)
Douglas M. Behrendt Iowa City, Iowa (2000)
EXTRACORPOREAL
PERFUSION
(AMSECT,
ABCPT, ACPE AND CAHEA, CAAHEP)
Hendrick B. Earner St. Louis, Missouri (2000)
Stanton P. Nolan Charlottesville, Virginia (2000)
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
William A. Baumgartner Baltimore, Maryland (2000)
AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS
Robert L. Thurer Boston, Massachusetts (2000)
JOINT
COUNCIL ON THORACIC SURGERY
EDUCATION (AATS/STS/TSDA/ABTS/RRC/ACS)
Fred A. Crawford, Jr., Chair Charleston, South Carolina
Tirone E. David (AATS) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Eric A. Rose(AATS) New York, New York
William A. Baumgartner (ABTS) Baltimore, Maryland
Peter C. Pairolero (ABTS) Rochester, Minnesota
Robert L. Replogle (ACS) Chicago, Illinois
Benson R. Wilcox (ACS) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
John W. Brown (RRC) Indianapolis, Indiana
Douglas J. Mathisen (RRC) Boston, Massachusetts
Nicholas T. Kouchoukos (STS) St. Louis, Missouri
Gordon F. Murray (STS) Morgantown, West Virginia
Jeffrey P. Gold (TSDA) Bronx, New York
Gordon N. Olinger (TSDA) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
JOINT COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE AND
CODING (AATS/STS)
Sidney Levitsky, Chair Boston, Massachusetts
John C. Alexander Evanston, Illinois
C.E. Anagnostopoulos New York, New York
Eric L. Ceithaml Ponte Vedra, Florida
George E. Cimochowski Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
David R. Clarke Denver, Colorado
Steven R. Gundry Loma Linda, California
Renee S. Hartz New Orleans, Louisiana
Kent W. Jones Salt Lake City, Utah
Joseph S. Ladowski Fort Wayne, Indiana
James M. Levett Cedar Rapids, Iowa
George J. Magovern Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
John E. Mayer Boston, Massachusetts
Keith S. Naunheim St. Louis, Missouri
Marvin Pomerantz Denver, Colorado
William F. Sasser St. Louis, Missouri
Peter K. Smith Durham, North Carolina
William H. Warren Chicago, Illinois
AATS/STS
THORACIC SURGICAL WORKFORCE
Richard J. Shemin, Chair Boston, Massachusetts
Larry R. Kaiser Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
James E. Lowe Durham, North Carolina
Mehmet C. Oz New York, New York
Mehmet C. Oz New York, New York
THE
JOURNAL OF THORACIC
AND
CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
Andrew S. Wecshler, Editor........................................................... Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Eugene Blackstone, Associate Editor,
Biostatistician....................................... Cleveland,
Ohio
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., Associate Editor................................................ Hershey,
Pennsylvania
Thomas L. Spray, Associate Editor................................................ Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
D. Craig Miller, Associate Editor............................................................... Stanford,
California
G. Alexander Patterson, Associate Editor..................................................... St
Louis, Missouri
David B. Campbell, Consultant, Electronic
Media................................ Hershey,
Pennsylvania
Martin F. McKneally, Ethics Editor................................................ Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD
Cary
Akins Boston, Massachusetts
Friedhelm
Beyersdorf Freiburg, Germany
R. Morton Botman,
III Minneapolis, Minnesota
Edward
Bove Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ray Chu-Jeng
Chiu Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lawrence H.
Cohn Boston, Massachusetts
Joseph
Coselli Houston, Texas
Fred A. Crawford,
Jr. Charleston, South Carolina
Marc R. de
Leval London, England
Tom R.
DeMeester Los Angeles, California
Jean
DesLauriers Sainte-Foy, Quebec,
Canada
William J.
Drayer Houston, Texas
Davis C.
Drinkwater Nashville, Tennessee
M.
Arisan Ergin New York, New York
Donald D.
Glower Durham, North Carolina
Frank L.
Hanley San Francisco, California
Alden H.
Harken Denver, Colorado
Axel
Haverich Hanover, Germany
Valluvan Jeevanandam Chicago, Illinois
Larry
R. Kaiser Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Antoon E. M. R.
Lerut Leuven, Belgium
Robert M. Mentzer,
Jr. Lexington, Kentucky
Joseph
I. Miller Atlanta, Georgia
John L.
Ochsner New Orleans, Louisiana
Thomas W.
Rice Cleveland, Ohio
Eric
A. Rose New York, New York
Jack
A. Roth Houston, Texas
Valerie W.
Rusch New York, New York
Hartzell
V. Schaff Rochester, Minnesota
Frank W.
Sellke Boston, Massachusetts
Willem Van
Oeveren Groningen, Netherlands
Edward D.
Verrier Seattle, Washington
William G.
Williams Toronto, ON, Canada
AATS/STS JOINT
COMMITTEE
ON
PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS
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Timothy J. Gardner, ChairPhiladelphia, PA
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John Edmund Mayer................ Boston, MA
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John E. Albers..................... Cincinnati, OH
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Walter H. Merrill.................. Nashville, TN
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Robert W. Anderson............... Durham, NC
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Robert E. Michler................ New York, NY
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Safuh Attar......................... Baltimore, MD
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George E. Miller.............. Pebble Beach, CA
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William A. Baumgartner..... Baltimore, MD
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Joseph I. Miller........................ Atlanta, GA
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Douglas Mather Behrendt..... Iowa City, LA
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Keith S. Naunheim................ St. Louis, MO
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John R. Benfield............... Los Angeles, CA
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William C. Nugent................. Lebanon, NH
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John W. Brown.................. Indianapolis, IN
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Gordon N. Olinger............... Milwalkee, WI
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Mortimer Joseph Buckley........ Boston, MA
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Mark B. Orringer................ Ann Arbor, MI
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Alfred S. Casale.................. Morristown, NJ
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Anthony L. Picone................ Syracuse, NY
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Lawrence H. Cohn................... Boston, MA
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WilliamS. Pierce..................... Hershey, PA
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Delos M. Cosgrove............... Cleveland, OH
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W. Gerald Rainer...................... Denver, CO
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Fred A. Crawford................. Charleston, SC
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Robert L. Replogle................... Chicago, IL
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Thomas A. Donohue........... Lexington, KY
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Richard G. Rouse.............. San Antonio, TX
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Donald B. Doty............. Salt Lake City, UT
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Valerie W. Rusch................. New York, NY
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Stanley W. Dziuban.................. Albany, NY
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Robert M. Sade.................... Charleston, SC
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L. Henry Edmunds............ Philadelphia, PA
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Meredith L. Scott.................... Orlando, FL
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Richard P. Embrey................. Lubbock, TX
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Hugh E. Scully.......... Toronto, ON, Canada
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Robert W. Emery............ Minneapolis, MN
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Richard J. Shemin.................... Boston, MA
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Thomas B. Ferguson............. St. Louis, MO
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David B. Skinner................. New York, NY
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Theodore L. Folkerth.......... Oceanside, CA
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J. Marvin Smith............... San Antonio, TX
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James D. Fonger............ Takoma Park, MD
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Alan M. Speir........................ Annadale, VA
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Frederick L. Grover.................. Denver, CO
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Alan Jeffrey Spotnitz.... New Brunswick, NJ
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J. Donald Hill................. San Francisco, CA
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Thoralf M. Sundt................... St. Louis, Mo
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Robert W. Jamplis................ Palo Alto, CA
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Julie A. Swain...................... Lexington, KY
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Robert H. Jones....................... Durham, NC
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Victor F. Trastek................ Rochester, MN
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Forrest Lee Junod.............. Sacramento, CA
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Curtis G. Tribble........... Charlottesville, VA
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Larry R. Kaiser................. Philadelphia, PA
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Paul N. Uhlig........................... Wichita, KS
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George C. Kaiser........ Webster Groves, MO
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Daniel J.Ullyot................... Burlingame, CA
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Irving L. Kron.............. Charlottesville, VA
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Harold C. Urschel...................... Dallas, TX
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Stephen J. Lahey..................... Boston, MA
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Clifford H. Van Meter...... New Orleans, LA
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Gerald M. Lemole.................... Newark, DE
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Robert M. Vanecko.................. Chicago, IL
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Sidney Levitsky....................... Boston, MA
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Edward D. Verrier.................... Seattle, WA
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Joseph LoCicero...................... Boston, MA
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Andrew S. Wechsler.......... Philadelphia, PA
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Floyd D. Loop..................... Cleveland, OH
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Ronald M. Weinrraub.............. Boston, MA
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Christopher T. Maloney......... Bedford, NH
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Benson R. Wilcox.............. Chapel Hill, NC
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Douglas J. Mathisen................. Boston, MA
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Creighton B. Wright............ Covingon, KY
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Jack M. Matloff................. Los Angles, CA
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Rostik Zajtchuk.................... Potomac, MD
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